Turnstile.



H. H. BROWN.

TURNSTILE.

APPLxATloN FILED Aus.3.1918.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

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Emmwca INVEN TOR.

A TTORNEY.

HARRY H. BROWN, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

rUnNs'rILE;

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.. 13, 1919.

Application led August 3, 1918. A Serial No. 248,121.

of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turnstiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing;

This invention relates to turnstiles and has special reference to a turnstile used in the making of payments or deposits of money by employees to their employers cashiers office such, for example as a street car companys office.

However, there are other places where the handling of money or other valuables is necessary in which the invention could loe used to advantage. o

At the cashiers office of a street car conipany where many such deposits of money are made daily, it is quite common to have the cashier held up and robbed, and to avoid the possibility of this, is the primary object of my present invention.

Another object is to provide certain novel features of convenience for facilitating the' turning in of deposits such as above referred to.

Still other objects and advantages of the invention will appear during the further description thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, formingv part of this application, and in which similar reference characters represent like parts Figure 1. is a horizontal sectional view through one of the improved turnstiles.

Fig. 2. is an elevation of the entrance and exit side of the turnstile.

Fig. 3 is a to'p plan view of the pawl and ratchet wheelarrangement at the top of the stile, and

Fig. 4. is an enlarged fragmental view of portions of the pawl and ratchet wheel operating device. i

1 represents the receiving cashiers counter in a room adjacent the wall 2 of a building having an oifset or-jog in it, 4as indicated at 3, such construction being a true representa- 4 tion of the plan of one of the turnstiles now in successful operation, it being understood that with different surrounding conditions the construction may be considerably modified without departing from vthe spirit of the invention.

' In the front wall 4 of the cashiers room and above his counter 1 is formed the usual recelvlng Aopening or window 5, which com- `lnunicates with the substantially semicircular housing of the turnstile which comprises the sections 6 and 7.

lVithin the housing .6 7 is. pivotally mounted in any suitable manner, upon the vertical shaft 8, the turnstile which comprises three radially 'disposed solid wooden or other suitable wings 9, they being spaced equidistant apart, and of such proportion in relation to their surrounding walls as to but one occur at any time intermediate of the outer end of the wall section 6 and the wall 2 in such a manner as to permit either' entrance or exit to or from the turnstile.

Behind the wall 4 and adjacent the wall 2, in plain sight of the cashier as he stands naturally at his work `at' the counter, is formed an opening 10 having a mirror 11 placed at an angle therein, in such a manner as to reflect the image of a person entering the turnstile to the cashier, there being an opening 12 formed in the wall section 7 for such purpose. By this arrange ment the cashier may readily see at all times just who may be entering the turnstile.

Upon the outer face of each wing 9.of the turnstile is permanently mounted a small shelf 13 for the convenience of the person entering the turnstile4 and to be used by him in carrying his tray containing the deposit he is about to make. One of these trays is indicated at 14C on the larger shelf '15, fixed to the wing adjacent the entrance to the turnstile.

A number of these trays or containers'llv same time.

On the top of the turnstile and supported by the wings 9 thereof is securely fixed the ratchet ring wheel 16 having a series of notches 17 formed in its inner circumferen-l tial edge, engaged by a suitable spring pawl' 18 to prevent the turnstile being rotated backwardly, which is common in such devices, and a series of oppositely disposed notches 19 formed in its outer edge, engaged by the awl 20. This latter pawl is controlled by any suitable connection of rods and bell cranked levers 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 to the pivotally mounted pedal on foot lever 28, upon the Hoor 29 under the cashiers counter. This connection is so made that the weight of the pedal normally holds the pawl in engagement with the notches 19, and the turnstile cannot be op, erated until the pedal 28 is depressed by an operator in the cashiers compartment. The pawls 18 and 20 are pivotally carried u on the underside of an angle plate 30, fixed) to v the wall 4, and above tbe plate 30 is fixed the V shaped metal bracket 31, which forms a bearing support for the upper end of the turnstile shaft.

It is obvious that all of the controlling mechanism of the turnstile shall be covered in some suitable manner to make it inaccessible to any 'one outside of the cashiers room.

By this `arrangement it is evident that any one entering the turnstile and operating it to a oint where his return backward is impossible, his exit therefrom is wholly controlled by the Operator in the cashiers room and that a Second depositor entering the following compartment may be seen by the cashier at the same time the first depositor is in front of him.

Having thus described my invention, what weaves I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a depositors turnstile of the character described comprising a plurality of vertically disposed radial wings and a stationary working shelf adja# cent the entrance to the turnstile, of a laterally projecting shelf fixed to one side of each wing whereby objects prepared for de posit, upon the stationary shelf may be carried upon one of the laterally projecting shelves by the depositor while in the turnsti e.

2. The combination with a room having a receiving window therein and a partially inclosed turnstile adjacent the window hav ing opaque`wings thereon, and controlled from within the room, of means whereby a second party in the turnstile following the first party may be seen from within the room. n

3. The combination with a cashiers turnstile of the character described having opaque wings therein, of relecting means whereby a party entering the turnstile may lbe seen` from the cashiers desk.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my signature in the presence of two witnesses HARRY H. BROWN.

Witnesses:

S. GEO. STEVENS, ALFRED ROSEN. 

